Reality Kitchen: Rural Initiative

Reality Kitchen: Rural Initiative

VIRTUAL BAKING PROGRAM

Product
An interface connecting students to virtual baking courses, where they can review materials and share their creations with classmates.

Project Roles
UI & UX Design, App Development,
Quality Assurance

THE CHALLENGE
Reality Kitchen has long operated a successful on-site training program for young people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. To increase opportunity and engagement they are newly launching a rural initiative that teaches these same skills virtually. The client had learning materials and zoom class content designed, but needed a centralized password-protected app where students could log in and access weekly content and connect to the sessions.

THE PROCESS

As always, we presented initial wireframes to the RK team -- highlighting a simple user experience for their students. After a couple rounds of feedback we agreed on a clean, elegant easy-to-use experience. The team at Emberex adhered to WCAG best practices in designing for accessibility, such as intuitive navigation, high contrast elements, iconography for easier wayfinding, large buttons and text fields to accommodate diverse abilities and learning styles.

THE RESULTS
Working with Reality Kitchen and creating an app that helps young people with intellectual and developmental disabilities hone real hands-on job skills is close to our hearts. It is our hope that our work on this app enhances the quality of life for participants by providing opportunities for skill development, social interaction, and self-expression in a supportive digital environment.

TECHNOLOGY
WordPress, PHP, MySQL

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